Kyoga Veritas FM is a community radio, broadcasting on F.M 91.5. The radio broadcasts in four languages, English, Ateso, Ngakarimojong and Kupsabiny.
The radio offers a solid and well-researched program grill that targets the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and addresses pertinent pastoral issues.
Kyoga Veritas is located in Soroti Municipality (now Soroti City) in Eastern Uganda, about 300 km from the capital, Kampala.
The Radio was established by Soroti Catholic Diocese in April 2001, to amplify the pastoral and socio-economic programs of the Diocese among the communities in and around Teso sub-region.
Kyoga Veritas Radio is directly managed under the Social Communications Commission of the Diocese and is supervised by the Board of Governors of the Commission. The Board is answerable to the Bishop of Soroti Catholic Diocese. The Commission’s Secretariat is headed by the Diocesan Communications Coordinator, appointed by the Bishop. Under him is the General Manager, heading all the operational staff.
The programs are relayed through news, recorded presentations, live out-door community radio debates, recorded radio drama series, radiotelephone conferencing and talk shows with live phone-in calls on business and development topics, education, political, environmental, health, agricultural, cultural and religious programmes.
Our programmes currently focus on the following thematic areas and focus health, agroforestry, environment, livestock, governance and human rights, children, women and development, business, hygiene and proper feeding, food security, culture, Christian spirituality and sports.
Kyoga Veritas Radio covers more than 15 districts in Eastern Uganda. The radio’s stereo signal reaches out to listeners in the districts of Soroti, Serere, Katakwi, Kaberamaido, Kumi, Pallisa, Kapchorwa, Bukedea, Amuria, and parts of Mbale, Nakapiripirit, Nakasongola, Dokolo, Amolatar, Bududa, Kayunga, Apac, Moroto, Kotido, Lira, Sironko, Tororo, Busia and Kamuli.
With the evolution of Internet & Social media in Uganda, the use of technologies like LIVESTREAM has helped the radio to reach people from all around the world using the World Wide Web.